Post by Kiwi Frontline on Apr 29, 2019 17:08:44 GMT 12
FROM OWNERSHIP TO STEWARDSHIP: HOW TE AO MĀORI IS CHANGING WATER MANAGEMENT IN NEW ZEALAND
Growing up next to Tāngonge, a wetland in the far north of New Zealand, has given stormwater engineer Troy Brockbank a lifelong passion for water and a desire to bring a Te ao Māori (Indigenous Māori worldview) to helping protect it.
“Troy is sure to spark an interesting discussion about how we can share knowledge and learn from our respective experiences about how to promote stewardship of natural resources, better the way we incorporate Indigenous values and traditional ecological knowledge into water management and planning, and assure that Traditional Owners have a permanent voice in decision making,” Hatt said.
Brockbank said he has seen the country’s approach to water shift as an awareness of Te ao Māori and kaitiakitanga (stewardship and protection of natural resources) has grown.
He said there needs to be more Māori participation in the engineering industry, but that everyone, Indigenous or not, should be empowered to embrace Indigenous culture.
“There’s a place for Indigenous knowledge and we can learn a lot from it,” Brockbank said....
watersource.awa.asn.au/environment/natural-environment/from-ownership-to-stewardship-how-te-ao-maori-is-changing-water-management-in-new-zealand/
Growing up next to Tāngonge, a wetland in the far north of New Zealand, has given stormwater engineer Troy Brockbank a lifelong passion for water and a desire to bring a Te ao Māori (Indigenous Māori worldview) to helping protect it.
“Troy is sure to spark an interesting discussion about how we can share knowledge and learn from our respective experiences about how to promote stewardship of natural resources, better the way we incorporate Indigenous values and traditional ecological knowledge into water management and planning, and assure that Traditional Owners have a permanent voice in decision making,” Hatt said.
Brockbank said he has seen the country’s approach to water shift as an awareness of Te ao Māori and kaitiakitanga (stewardship and protection of natural resources) has grown.
He said there needs to be more Māori participation in the engineering industry, but that everyone, Indigenous or not, should be empowered to embrace Indigenous culture.
“There’s a place for Indigenous knowledge and we can learn a lot from it,” Brockbank said....
watersource.awa.asn.au/environment/natural-environment/from-ownership-to-stewardship-how-te-ao-maori-is-changing-water-management-in-new-zealand/